Brady's National Photographic Galleries, Washington, DC, carte of John Grubb Parke, inscribed on mount below image, Jno. G. Parke/ Maj. Gen'l. Vols. Parke (1827-1900), was an engineer and surveyor who was made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1861 and given command of a brigade under Burnside. Promoted to major general in August 1862, he served as Burnside's chief of staff in both 1862 and 1864, and replaced Burnside when he was relieved of command after the Battle of Crater. Following the war, Parke remained in the engineer corps and was superintendent of the USMA from 1887-1889.
Brady's National Photographic Galleries, Washington, DC, carte of John Grubb Parke, inscribed on mount below image, Jno. G. Parke/ Maj. Gen'l. Vols. Parke (1827-1900), was an engineer and surveyor who was made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1861 and given command of a brigade under Burnside. Promoted to major general in August 1862, he served as Burnside's chief of staff in both 1862 and 1864, and replaced Burnside when he was relieved of command after the Battle of Crater. Following the war, Parke remained in the engineer corps and was superintendent of the USMA from 1887-1889.
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